CONGRESS EXPECTS TO
ADJOURN JUNE FIRST
Roseburg residents have approved
the Issuance of $35.000 bonds for the
SEN. FRANK B. W IL L IS
purchase and im provem ent of an air
MRS. G IF F O R D P IN C H O T
port. The vote at the special city
election stood 807 yea and 904 no.
The Soapstone bridge on the Roose
B o lder C anyon Dam and
B rief Resum e of Happenings of velt highw ay ten miles north of
D e c la re s S in c la ir's Bonds R e
W heeler was officially opened last
F a rm B ills Hold Chief
the W eek C ollected fo r
week. The structure is of concrete
ceived fo r In te re s t in
and
replaces
a
wooden
bridge
con
In te re s t.
Our Readers.
His Ranch.
structed In 1916.
W ith S tate F orester E lliott and Dep
W. J. W alker opened a new cream
W ashington, D. C.—Speeded on Its
uties King and McCarthy of Salem and
E l Pano.—A lbert B Fall, examined
ery and cheese factory a t his ranch on
way by the rapid fire action of th e
several o th er out-of-lown officials
for four days regarding b it leasing
Platol river, C urry county, Monday.
senate last week on the gigantic flood
present, the Union County F ire asso
when secretary of the Interior of the
control m easure, congress is w orking
B etw een 600 and 700 S hrlnera were ciation held its annual 'm eeting in La
T eapot Dome oil reserv e to H arry F.
tow ard th e end of its legislative tangle
In St. H elena last week for the quar Grande last week.
Sinclair, closed his cross exam ination
In a m anner forecasting adjournm ent
terly m eeting of the Columbia River
E. J. Dixon, Portland, m anager of
with the declaration th a t th e senate
well before the opening of the first of
Shrine club.
the Pacific Co-operative Poultry Pro
oil com m ittee was not constituted to
the national political conventions in
The firs t paym ent of 1928 to the ducers' association, was elected presi
be fair.
June.
K lam ath Indians, one of $300 to each dent of the Oregon Co-operative coun
The end of th e exam ination found
F arm relief and tax reduction de
of th e 1274 m em bers of the tribe, was cil a t the close of a two-day session
th e 67-year-old ex-senator In good spir
mand senate atten tio n thia week and
made la st week.
In Eugene last week.
its though weak from the strain of
w ith disposition of th ese tw o contro
Mrs. S arah W oodruff iuat week cel
telling bis sto ry of th e lease for the
More than $5000 w orth of the de
versial issues, th a t branch of congress
ebrated h er 97th birthday anniveraary linquent land in the Medford irriga
first tim e. H e enjoyed, apparently,
will have cleared Its decks of its prin
at th e home of h er daughter, Mrs. W. tion district has been disposed of In
th e cross-exam ination by A tlee Pom-
cipal problem s for th e session.
P. Babcock In Salem..
erene.
the last two weeks since the land was
Then comes the boulder canyon dam
During the th ree days Fall has given
The Lane County C hristian Endeav placed in the hands of th e Medford
bill and with it the only p resen t th re a t
Mrs. Gifford Plnchot, wife of the
realty board for sale.
his side of th e story of the oil leases
on the horizon against a sm ooth road
former governor of Penneylvania. who o r nnlon held Its 13th annual conven
for which the governm ent charged he
R esidents of B utte Falls are seeking
to the end of th e session. S en ato r
has announced her candidacy for a tion a t Creswell recently. A regis
United States Senator Frank B.
accepted $233,000 In lib erty bonds
m eans of continuing the local bank,
A shurst, dem ocrat, of Arizona, whose
Republican seat In the houee of rep tratio n of 150 attended.
W illis of Ohio, a candidate for the Re- j
from Sinclair, he has denied em phati
The Yamhill county F ederation of owned and operated for tw o decades publican nomination for president, state Is battling the com prom ise m eas
resentatives from the Fifteenth dis
cally th a t th ere was anything unlaw
ure of S enator Johnson, republican,
W om en's clubs will m eet in Dayton by George W. B arker, who ended his
trict of Pennsylvania.
who died suddenly.
ful o r even unusual In th e negotiations
California, for construction of the dam,
S aturday, May 19, Instead of May 26, life last week as result of worry.
for th e lease. H e said th a t the lease
Butte F alls Is one of the busiest sm all
has frankly given notice of a filib u ster
as was previously planned.
arran g em en ts w ere carried out by J.
tim ber centers in Oregon.
when th a t bill comes up.
L.
L.
Montague,
representing
a
large
W. Zevley, now dead, and th a t the
Meanwhile th e house will grind out
The
Salem
cham
ber
of
commerce
bridge financing company, Is asking
w ealthy oil man him self did not come
during the next ten days the la s t of
went on record favoring the Issuance
for
a
franchise
for
a
steel
toll
bridge
Into th e deal until the day the lease
the regular appropriation bills for thia
across th e Columbia river a t Arling of bonds in the am ount of $50,000 for
w as signed, April 7, 1922. Even th a t
session and may, before the end of
the establishm ent of an airport there.
ton.
day, he said, S inclair rejected the
th e week, tackle th e sen ate $325,000,-
The proposal probably will be referred
Delaware,
O.—United
S
tates
Sena
C onstruction of a reduction plant
lease because the Interior secretary
Chicago.—Federal authorities raided 000 flood control m easure w hich faces
to the voters of Salem at th e tim e of
insisted on larg er royalties for the to r F rank B. W illis died here sudden thia y ear a t the M other Lode mine
the home of an alcohol gang leader In early approval w ith some m odifica
holding
the
prim
ary
election
May
18.
governm ent and accepted It only after ly. He bad been sittin g on the plat n ear Maker, will be an im m ediate re
Blue Island, a suburb, and seUed large tions.
The new Tillamook N ational Bank
considerable argum ent.
T he lease, form in G rays chapel where 2500 p er sult of a recen t refinancing of the
quantities of dynam ite which, it was
The M cNary-Haugen farm
bill,
will open Monday, April 9, according
F all m aintained, had nothing to do sons had g ath ered to hear him apeak property.
believed, m ight lead to solution of re dressed up in clothes more to th e
to
an
announcem
ent
made
by
H.
H.
in
his
own
behalf
as
a
presidential
w ith the receipt by him of the liberty
The city of Ashland has purchased
cent Chicago political bombings.
fancy of P resident Coolidge, but still
bonds from Sinclair. These, he said, candidate, when suddenly he arose, the Balfour-Guthrie tra c t of 93 acres Rosenberg, president of th e institu
U nited S tates D istrict A ttorney w ithout hlB definite sanction, cam e up
tion.
The
quarters
form
erly
occu
walked
to
an
ante-cham
ber
and
suc
w ere paid him by th e oil man for one-
n ear th a t city to provide for the In
George E. G. Johnson, in announcing In the senate Monday. C hairm an Mc
th ird in terest In his T res R ltos touch cumbed.
creasing dem and for a landing place pied by the Tillamook County bank the raid, verified reports th a t federal
N ary of the agriculture com m ittee and
will be used and have been remodeled
A physician w as called from the for airplanes.
In New Mexico, w here the oil man
authorities here w ere In the m idst of co-author of th e bill, started the de
for
the
opening.
audience
and
pronounced
Senator
w anted to establish a breeding place
a determ ined -campaign to “get the
Kicked in the tem ple by a work
C erebral hem orrhage
Columbia county has accepted the higher ups” in the Cook county liquor bate.
to r race horses and a country club WIUIs dead.
horse, H enry, th e 6-year-old son of
was the cause of death.
for men only.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Eamond, died at petitions for four new roads, tw o of racket.
S enator W illis was Just preparing to
The raid w as on the home of Lor
Vale la s t week w ithout regaining them in th6 N ehalem valley, and two
give his speech when he becam e ill,
in the w estern p art of th e county. enzo Juliano, head of the Kensington-
consciousness.
it was a t first believed, from th e gas
Two bridges will also be erected thia Chicago H eights alcohol gang.
The U niversity of Oregon Medical
used In the torches In th e to rchlight
year, one on th e Nehalem highway
Juliano apparently had been w arned
parade which welcomed the senator school received a check for $35,599.39 m arket road, and one on the diked
in advance, and had fled. Liquor, raw
from th e G eneral Education Board of
home.
lands near C latskanie.
alcohol, and dynam ite w ere seized.
W ashington, D. C.—F avorable re
Mrs. W illis, who w as on th e p lat New York city, according to Dr R. B.
Oregon taxpayers will be called
S enator C harles Deneen, whose port on the S lnnott bill for develop
DUlehunt,
dean.
form,
wag
called
In
as
h
er
husband
W ashington, D. C.— France has an
upon to pay a total of $49,943,568.06 hom e was bombed Monday night, took
m ent of the U m atilla rapids project
L a G rande's city comm ission has au
nounced h er readiness to subm it to was dying.
this year, according to a sum m ary of personal charge of his republican fac
was voted by th e house com m ittee on
Drs. D orrence Jam es, D. T. Mc thorized another bond Issue of $38,-
th e German, British, Italian and Jap
taxes ju s t compiled by E arl Fisher, tion’s campaign against Mayor W il
anese governm ents all th e Franco- C arthy, Floyd M iller and O. W. Bon 480.54 to tak e care of several improve state tax com m issioner. T his Is an liam Hale Thompson and S tates At Irrigation. It was am ended only in
m inor respects and received nearly
m
ent
d
istricts
for
which
the
citizens
n
e
r
attended
him.
As
ho
was
dying
American anti - w ar correspondence
Increase of nearly $2,000,000 over the torney Robert E. Crowe.
unanim ous support, tw o votes being
have petitioned.
along w hh th e d raft of a general th e sen ato r called for his wife.
taxes of la st year, which totaled $47,-
Deneen in a speech before a poli cast ag ain st It.
The sen ato r's tragic end cam e at
Two and a half million young sock 975.377.52 for all purposes.
treaty pledging them not to reso rt to
tical m eeting, laid directly before
The action of the com m ittee places
th e larg est political m eeting Delaware eye salmon will be liberated from the
war.
The first G reat N orthern train out Crowe blame for bombings, political it on the house calendar in the sam e
ever
had
w
itnessed.
feeding
ponds
of
the
commercial
The purpose of these subm issions,
assassinations
and
general
crim
e
con
position as the Columbia Basin and
The whole city had turned out In h atchery a t E nterprise, according to of Portland for K lam ath Falls by way
as outlined In a note handed to Sec
of the new Bend-Chemult-Southern ditions In Chicago.
the
D eschutes project bills.
homage
to
him.
A
band,
a
parade
and
reports
given
out
recently.
retary Kellogg by A m bassador Clau
Pacific route, is scheduled to leave
A corresponding bill by S enator Mc
del, would be th a t th e to u r govern red fire had been provided to make
Platinum and o th er precious m etals Thursday night, May 10. The train,
N ary Is pending In the senate com m it
B R IEF GENERAL NEW S
m ents m ight "join In seeking, In the bis appearance an auspicious occasion. In paying q u antities are reported to according to present plans, will run
tee on reclam ation.
sp irit and In the le tte r of the last
have been found on th e 320-acre ranch special and will carry m em bers of
T he German reichstag has adopted
The m easure would authorize an ap
American note, any adjustm ents which
of E rn est Bohna on the Big N estucca th e P ortland cham ber of comm erce
FLOOD B ILL FAVO RED
the governm ent bill prohibiting Ger propriation of $45,000,000 for the con
In the last analysis may be forthcom
riv er in Tillam ook county.
and other citizens to the new rail cele man firm s from selling arm s and mu struction of a dam and pow er p lan t
ing with resp ect to the possibility of Senate Measure for Control of Mis
B enjam in F. Craigen, lifelong resi bration to be staged a t K lam ath Falls, nitions to China.
a t U m atilla rapids, which are betw een
sissippi Backed by Committee.
reconciling previous obligations with
dent of the W eston country, dropped May 11 and 12.
P resident Coolidge has signed the the states of W ashington and Oregon.
W ashington, D. C.—The house flood dead S aturday afternoon while walk
th e term s of the contem plated treaty."
Citizens of Rainier, In a closely con Jugo-Slav debt settlem ent bill, provid
In addition, the S lnnott bill would
Stripped of the argum ent th a t sur control com m ittee approved the Jones ing along th e road beyond Shiloh
tested special election, rejected a pro ing for the paym ent of a funded debt provide for construction of locks for
$325,000,000
M
ississippi
riv
er
flood
rounds It, the F rench note proposes
church on W eston mountain.
posed am endm ent to th e city charter of $62,850,000.
the Im provement of navigation. U nder
th a t the W ashington and P arts gov control bill passed by the senate.
New stre e t lights to be Installed In changing th e m unicipal governm ent
P resident Coolidge has signed the the m easure, title to th e plant would
A fter an all day session th e com
ern m en ts agree upon a d raft m ulti
the residential districts of Eugene will from Its present form to the commis bill providing for federal participation rem ain for all tim e in th e U nited
lateral anti w ar treaty , then Join In m ittee, by a vote of 20 to 1, approved cost betw een $12,000 and $13,000, ac
sion plan, an<f approved a tax meas in the industrial exposition of th e P a States, and th e federal governm ent
presenting this as a working basis to th e senate m easure with a half dozen cording to Carl A. McClain, superin
ure providing for special fire protec cific Southw est at Long Beach, CaL, would retain control and m anagem ent
am
endm
ents
draw
n
from
(he
bill
by
th e o th er four powers, accompanied
ten d en t of th e w ater board.
tion
for the DuBois-Kettenring saw next summer.
of the project.
by all the Franco-Am erican exchanges the com m ittee chairm an, Held of 111!
A rthur S. Vandenberg, republican,
T. F. Rea, pioneer mining man and mill. The c h arter am endm ent was
nols, who had drafted a bill of hts
on the subject.
a resid en t of B aker county since 1862, voted down, 125 to 106, and the special editor of the G rand Rapids H erald,
own.
tax approved, 107 to 74.
was appointed United S tates senator I ENDURANCE RECORD BRO KEN
The am endm ents, however, woub died In Baker last week, aged 75. Mr.
OHIO F IG H T C O N TIN U E D
Following
a
num
ber
of
m
eetings
from Michigan to succeed the late New Mark Set by Courageous Ameri
Rea was a scout for G eneral Howard
not effect any radical change In th
w
ith
ranchers
who
are
raising
sheep
W
oodridge N. F erris, dem ocrat.
during
the
early
Indian
wars.
Jones bill.
can Filers.
W lllia’ Manager Says Contest For
P resident Coolidge signed the bill
Through a rejuvenation of the in the M arshfield vicinity, H. A. Lind
Jacksonville, Fla.—The w orld’s a ir
Delegates to Go On.
M arshfield cham ber of commerce the gren, expert from the Oregon Agri extending for another year th e life < ’ plane endurance record came back to
U. 8. Commissions Biggest S u b m irr
Columbus, O.—Although a tem por
m em bership has been built up to a cultural college, and H arvey S. Hale, the radio commission and providing A m erica from G erm any when E dw ard
W ashington, D. C.—The su b m u r
ary truce has been called in the Ohio
to
tal of 286, with a good prospect of county agent, made a statem ent which for the allocation of wave lengths Stinson and George H aldem an se t a
V-4, th e largest In th e world, was co:,
showed the sheep Industry had grown am ong broadcasting stations In vari
contest for presidential delegates be
m issioned at Portsm outh, N. H., navy reaching th e set goal of 400.
new m ark here of 53 hours, 36 m in
over 100 pei cent in Coos county in ous sections of the country in propor
tw een S enator W illis' supporters and
yard, April 2. This Is the first m ini
utes, 30 seconds.
G overnor P atterso n has extended
the past year, there now being 13,000 tion to the population.
those of S ecretary of Commerce Hoov
laying subm arine to be built for thi the reprieve of Jam es WiUos up to
The new record was 1 hour, 13 m in
sheep, other than lambs on th e ranges,
e r because of Mr. W illis' sudden death
U ulted S tates navy.
and Including April 12. This will make
utes, 59 seconds beyond th a t of 52
at Delaware, the fight will go on un
as against S600 last year.
Geo. Remus Wins Fight for Freedom.
the d ate of his execution the sam e as
hours, 22 m inutes, 31 seconds m ade
abated, Carmi A. Thompson, m anager
T he past several weeks have pro
Lim a, O. — George Remus, form er la st A ugust by Johann R isticz and
Lindy May Take Trip Around World. th a t set for Ellsw orth Kelley, Friday,
of the WIUIs campaign, declared.
vided one of the m ost favorable bootleg king and wife slayer, won his
Cornelium Edzard, German fliers, us
W ashington, D, C.—The la te st re April 13.
springs for lam bing operations to be fight for freedom from the state hos
To whom the W illis delegate candi
ing the Ju n k ers monoplane Europa.
porta among close friends of Colone.
The
cornerstone
of
the
new
Red
d ates now will turn as th eir first
experienced In W allowa county in a pital for the crim inal Insane when the I
L indbergh here have It th at the filer mond hotel was laid Saturday in the
A fter Jockeying th eir single-m otor
choice m ay be decided by a meeting
num ber of years, according to sheep third d istrict fcourt of appeals handed
will m ake a round the world trip In presence of a large crowd. The build
ed Stinson-D etroiter monoplane to ta k e
of th e delegates them selves soon.
owners, the g reater part of whom have down a decision holding him sane.
every advantage of breeze and a lti
a plane hut will span the A tlantic and ing will be th ree stories In height,
All doubt as to th e legal statu s of
finished lam bing at this tim e. Even Remus killed his wife, Imogene, as she
Pacific by boat.
tude, the A m erican aviators cam e
will
contain
59
room
s
and
will
coat
th e W illis delegates In the prim ary
th e large flocks are reporting per was riding through a C incinnati park !
down w ith five gallons of th eir ori
$160,000.
April 24 was removed by Secretary
centages of b e tte r th an 100 per cent th e morning of October 6, 1927. He I
T H E MARKETS
A lthough “lack of funda” will pro while In the sm all flocks above 150 surrendered him self im m ediately and I ginal 550 gallons of fuel still in th e
of S tate Brown, who ruled th at names
Portland
hibit any construction of extension per cent has been reported by a num entered a plea of "tem porary mania- I tanks.
of all candidates m ust stay on th e bal
W heat—11. B. bluestem . $’ 51; hard work In th e W allowa forest this year,
lot. He also ruled th a t S enator Wll
ber of farm ers.
cal Insanity.” A fter a tria l of a m onth '
w hite, fe d e ra tio n , soft w hite, w e ste rn the forest service will be allowed
Brookhart Offere $600,000.000 Bill.
Ils' name would stay on the preslden
The fish ladder at the W inchester a ju ry returned a verdict of not guilty I
white, $1.42; hard winter, $1 34; north $7000 for the m aintenance of roads
tlal preference ballot along with those
power dam five m iles north of Rose- "by reason of insanity” 20 m inutes | W ashington, D. C.—A $600,000,000
c m sp rin g , w e ste rn red, $1.35.
and trails.
of S ecretary Hoover and Olin J. Boss.
biyg was destroyed last week by a a fte r it had been given the case. The ! farm relief bill was offered by S ena
H ay — Alfalfa, $1301350; valley
to r Brookhart, republican, of Iowa, as
A pproxim ately $374.000 will be charge of dynam ite, one whole section H am ilton county probate court, how
tim othy. $13018 50; eastern O regon
Federal Income Tax Collection Lower.
sp en t for im provem ents In Oregon by of the fishway being blown away, com ever. adjudged him Insane and com- j a substitute for the pending McNary-
tim othy. $20 50O H-
H augen measure. He would m eet th e
the O.-W. It A N. company this sum pletely blocking the river to the prog m itted him to the hospital.
W ashington. D. C Income tax col
B u tterfat—60c,
cost of exporting surplus crops by lev
ress
of
fish
up
the
stream
.
It
Is
be
mer,
It
was
announced
by
W
alter
H.
lections for March have fallen below
Eggs- Itanch, 19024c.
ies upon th e treasu ry up to thle
lieved
that
fish
poachers
were
respon
Guild, superintendent.
The largest
the corresponding period last year, the
Oregon Man Heads Ways Committee amount.
C attle—Steer- good. $11 25 011 75
Job, $187.000, includes widening of sible for the crime, as th e officers
treasu ry statem en t for March 23 re
W ashington, D. C.—The house Sat
Hogs — M.
a lu choice, $7.900
cuts and fills on th e main line between have had a g reat deal of trouble In urday elected R epresentative W illis C
vealed. Collections to March 28 to tal »26.
Heeney Picked to Fight Tunney.
Meachem and Huron, a nine-mile th e past few years over Illegal fish Hawley, republican, Oregon, as chair
ed $502,204,314 04, which com pares
Lam bs Medium to choice. $13015
Miami Beach, Fla.—Selection of
ing
at
W
inchester.
stretch
.
w ith $504,614.145 23 up to March 23
man of the ways and m eans com m it Tom Heeney, A ustralian champion, to
Seattle.
P ortland took sixth place in the tee. to succeed R epresentative William
last year. Total collections are now
P eristo n to subm it a $35.000 bond
W heat Soft w hite, w estern white,
m eet Gene Tunney for the w orld's
expected* to be about $510,000,000, $134; hard w inter. $ 1 3 5 4 ; w estern issue to the people of Coos bay to ac U nited S tates for 1927 In fire preven R. Green, republican, Iowa, who re
heavyw eight boxing title in July and
which is $6,000,000 below the treasury red. $1 37; northern spring. $1 39; blue- quire an airp o rt was made recently tion In class 2 cities, according to tired to become Judge of the court of
the possibility th at the contest would
word
received
by
E
N.
W
einbaum
of
estim ate.
by
a
Joint
airp
o
rt
com
m
ittee
of
North
claims. Hawley, who Is from Salem. ' be staged In London was announced
stem . $154; dark northern spring.
Bend and M arshfield civic oiganisa- the PorUand cham ber of commerce Or., is serving hia 11th successive
$1 55; dark hard w inter. $1 52.
here by Tex R ickard, New York pro
Paper Firms Join in $100,000,000 Deal.
Hay — Alfalfa, $24. tim othy, $2$; tlons. The question will be voted on from the U nited S tates cham ber of term as a member.
moter.
commerce.
May 1$.
San Francisco, Cal. Consolidation P. S , $24.
A council m anager form of govern New Quota System Held Back Year !
M ultitudes of golden daffodils m a r
B utterfat -51c.
of th e Crown W illam ette P aper com
Oregon Debate Team Beata Misaourl.
shalled In b rilliant array before a m ent for the city of Salem will be pro
W ashington, D. C. — Postponem ent ! Columbia, Mo.—P resenting the af
Eggs Ranch, 23035c.
pany and the Zellerbach corporation,
posed
In
a
ch
arter
am
endm
ent
to
be
background of palm s and spaced by
C a ttle S te e rs, choice, $11012.
with combined asse ts of aitoni $100,-
for one year of the national origins firm ative of the question: "R esolved,
Ivy-wreathed colum ns greeted flower referred to the voters at the tim e of quota system of U nited S tates immi
Ilogs Prime, $9 200 9.26.
000.000, was announced here, subject
th a t dem ocracy la a failure," U niver
lovers a t the opening of F orest holding the prim ary ele c tio n accord gration was approved by the house,
Spokane.
to approval by stockholders.
The
sity of Oregon deb aters defeated the
Grove's th ird annual daffodil show ing to announcem ent made by Mayor wh.ch adopted a resolution previously
merged concerns will be knowu as
C attle Steers, good. $11.26011 60
U niversity of Missouri team here by
T . A. Llveaay.
>*at week.
H o g s—Good. $9tf9.10.
the Crown Zellerbach corporation.
adopted by the senate.
an audience vote of 112 to 80.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
FALL TELLS STORY
OF OIL LAND DEAL
SENATOR WILLIS
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
FRANCE SUGGESTS
WORLD PEACE PACT
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